Up to 7% increase in performance for Forspoken @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.2.1 on the Radeon RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 RS-524
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Radeon RX 6000 Series GPUs now have support for newly introduced streaming capabilities including pre-filter toggle, pre-analysis feature and CAML technology.
A new version of AMD Link improves overall connectivity across all supported Radeon products, RX 400 series and newer, so you can game from anywhere on virtually any device.
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Game Optimizations
Up to 4% increase in performance for Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.2.1 on the Radeon RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 RS-518
Up to 3% increase in performance for Sniper Elite 5 @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.2.1 on the Radeon RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 RS-519
Up to 6% increase in performance for Shadow of the Tomb Raider @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.2.1 on the Radeon RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 RS-520
Up to 7% increase in performance for Quake II RTX @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.2.1 on the Radeon RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 RS-521
Up to 4% increase in performance for Hitman 3 @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.2.1 on the Radeon RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 RS-522
Up to 6% increase in performance for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.2.1 on the Radeon RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 RS-523
Up to 19% increase in performance for F1 2022 @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.2.1 on the Radeon RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 RS-525
Up to 9% increase in performance for DOOM Eternal @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.2.1 on the Radeon RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 RS-526
Up to 4% increase in performance for Borderlands 3 @ 4k, using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.2.1 on the Radeon RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 RS-527
Up to 4% increase in performance for Hogwarts Legacy @ 4K using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition™ 23.2.1 on the Radeon RX 6950 XT and Radeon™ 7900 XTX, versus the previous software driver version (22.11.2 for 6950 XT, 23.1.2 for 7900 XTX) RS-530
Fixed Issues
AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition may fail to launch with the error message “Delayed Write Failed” on Microsoft® Windows® 11 version 22H2.
Poor performance and load time may be observed while playing SpaceEngine™.
Corruption may be observed while scrolling the points shop in STEAM™ on Radeon RX 6000 series GPUs.
Performance drop may be observed during Fortnite™ and YouTube playback with Enhanced Sync enabled on some AMD Graphics Products such as AMD Radeon™ RX 5700 XT.
Corruption or game crash may be observed while playing Door Kickers 2™.
Missing or flickering textures may be observed while playing Emergency 4™.
Application crash may be observed when launching Baldur's Gate 3™ using Vulkan® API on Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs.
Stuttering may be observed while playing Sea of Thieves™ on Radeon™ RX 6000 and above series GPUs.
Corruption may be observed while playing Battlefield™ 4 with Post Process Quality settings set to high or ultra on Radeon™ RX 6000 and above series GPUs.
White foliage may be observed while playing Hogwarts Legacy™ on Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs.
Intermittent system stuttering or UI flickering may occur when two videos are simultaneously playing using chromium-based browsers on some multi-display configurations.
Known Issues
High idle power has situationally been observed when using select high-resolution and high refresh rate displays on Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs.
Video stuttering or performance drop may be observed during gameplay plus video playback with some extended display configurations on Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs.
Application crash may be observed while opening Premium Gold Packs in EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23.
Some virtual reality games or apps may experience lower-than-expected performance on Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs.
AMD Bug Report Tool pop-up or system hang may be observed after driver upgrade on some hybrid graphics notebooks. Users are recommended to use the factory reset install option as a workaround.
Corruption may be briefly observed when moving Netflix video between displays or minimize-to-fullscreen on some AMD Products such as AMD Ryzen™ 7 6800U.
Certain videos played with Movies and TV may briefly show corruption when moving the window between displays on some AMD Graphics Products such as AMD Radeon™ RX 6700 XT.
Brief display corruption may occur when switching between video and game windows on some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon™ RX 6700 XT.
Maximum encode bitrate is limited to 100Mbps for certain applications.
Important Notes
AMD Link users running Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs will need to update to a newer version of AMD Link now available on various platforms.
AMD is working with the game developers of Hogwarts Legacy™ to resolve performance issues when enabling ray tracing.
Package Contents
AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.2.1 Driver Version 22.40.01.45 for Windows® 10 and Windows® 11 (Windows Driver Store Version 31.0.14001.45012).
RX 6950XT GPU, versus the previous software driver version 22.11.2 RS-524
